Any site hosting photos or videos, or even linking to photos or videos of the uncensored nude shower scene, has been either been removed or shut down.

The console used to capture the images of Page was a debug on PlayStation 3.

Debug units are often in the possession of game developers and journalists who cover the gaming industry, and both Sony and Microsoft are notoriously careful with who they give these consoles to. There’s a common misconception that the exploit was discovered through a hack of some sort, when this isn’t exactly the case.

The person performing the exploit managed to find a way to control the game’s camera and view Page’s entire body during a shower scene.

Overall, the performance is actually one of the best ever featured in a video game. Quantic Dream’s founder, David Cage, made the strange design decision to include a semi-nude shower scene as he did the same with his previous title, Heavy Rain.

While I felt the scene featuring Page came off as gratuitous, Cage has defended shower scenes in the past by explaining they help the player develop a deeper connection with his characters.

Beyond: Two Souls in some ways almost plays itself, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun.

“I think with this game we go from discovery to discovery. We had a couple of people who felt uncomfortable watching the scene, which is perfect because this is exactly what we wanted. You can’t pretend to trigger different types of emotions and just focus on adrenaline and fright and competition and frustration. You need to go through different emotions, and showing this scene in particular was, for us, a test to see if we can make people feel like Madison, having to get naked to do a striptease in front of this ugly guy, and obviously it worked because people felt very uncomfortable,” said Cage.

While it’s reasonable to believe Cage might use a similar defence to explain Page’s uncomfortable turn, what’s harder to defend is the fact that her character model is rendered anatomically-correct.

What’s the point in this, especially if her character’s body was never intended to be viewed completely naked?

Of course, the rendering is probably based on a body double of some sort and not actually Page. Unfortunately, the images have already made their way online and if you look hard enough, they’re not difficult to find.

Cage ran into similar controversy with a shower scene from Heavy Rain featuring Madison, one of the game’s characters.

There are rumours currently circulating that Page may launch a lawsuit against Sony or Quantic Dream at some point in the very near future.

Beyond’s graphics are pretty impressive, especially when you consider the game is running on the PlayStation 3.

What’s disappointing about this situation is the controversy will probably discourage more big name actors from performing in video games, something I hoped would become more common with the next-generation of consoles.